Waiting until October for the next move up is like buying insurance against a catastrophic loss.

A catastrophic loss of electronic records could surely destroy the credibility of the dollar as the international medium of exchange.

On August 26, Israel and the Palestinian factions agreed to halt fighting indefinitely, putting an end to seven weeks of catastrophic destruction and loss of life in Gaza.

This is catastrophic.

Preventing catastrophic terrorism

Much has changed, thanks to global capitalism, European integration, the stigmatization of national feeling by two catastrophic world wars, and, perhaps most importantly, the widespread loss of religious faith.

That would mean a catastrophic loss of state revenues for today s major Arab oil producing countries, rendering them highly vulnerable to the compounding consequences of existing water shortages, rapid demographic expansion, climate change, and declining crop yields.

In some cases the effects could be catastrophic.

Catastrophic events like Hurricane Katrina have reinforced this stance.

The Government and, indeed, the people of my country were profoundly touched by the unprecedented scale of the disaster the catastrophic loss of human life, amounting to over 170,000 persons to date, and the magnitude of displacement, devastation and dislocation.

Nationalist excesses have tended to lead Europe to catastrophic wars.

It is becoming clear that the damage has been catastrophic.

We see a growing risk of proliferation, of catastrophic terrorism.

No catastrophic earthquake or tsunami has destroyed southern Europe s productive capacity.

In the absence of an exit mechanism, this would have catastrophic consequences.

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We must act to ensure that catastrophic terrorism never becomes a reality.

We must not allow this catastrophic scenario to become a foregone conclusion.

It left behind catastrophic death and destruction, untold misery and immeasurable suffering.

So that overmatched capability creates problems catastrophic successes the White House calls them.

The dynamics of fear are potentially catastrophic, but these dynamics can be broken.

The attempt to implant free market philosophy in Russia, for instance, proved catastrophic.

After Haiti s catastrophic earthquake in 2010, the country was dubbed the republic of NGOs.

Yet it has worked, preventing catastrophic wars while making people more civilized and cautious.

This would be catastrophic for Russia to say nothing of relations with the US.

After all, the consequences of failing to increase the debt ceiling would be catastrophic.

The city, located on an island in a massive flood zone, suffered catastrophic damage.

The river is prone to catastrophic flooding in spring when the Himalayan snows melt.

Over the past 25 years, continuous mine infestation had created a catastrophic situation there.

Other claims with this loss type relate to loss of cash.

The catastrophic performance of France s team in South Africa may well reinforce the nation s depression.

European Union officials argue that it would be catastrophic to restructure any member s debts proactively.

After two catastrophic wars, Europeans decided to build institutions that would make military conflict redundant.

(c) Material damages and loss of earnings, including loss of earning potential

Former President Mohamed Morsi s government was a catastrophic failure ruthlessly ideological, economically illiterate, and constitutionally irresponsible.

The catastrophic impact of the 26 December 2004 tsunami was an eye opener in that respect.

A huge loss.

Now this is what many introverts do, and it's our loss for sure, but it is also our colleagues' loss and our communities' loss.

You need to look at things from a different angle, it's not as catastrophic as you think.

States have the greatest capabilities, but non state actors are more likely to initiate a catastrophic attack.

A handful of provinces and cities have gone so far as to abolish it, without catastrophic consequences.

They also include poverty, deadly infectious disease and environmental degradation since these can have equally catastrophic consequences.

The catastrophic consequences of a nuclear war make it imperative to prevent one from ever taking place.

Some have been the direct victims of acts of savagery and terrorism others of catastrophic natural disasters.

Renzi s Choice, Europe s Loss